Aegean Linear Script(s)

Salgarella, Ester

doi:10.1017/9781108783477

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“…If we now zoom into the origin of writing in the Aegean context, and more precisely on Crete, which witnessed the emergence of CH and LA (and most likely also LB; see Salgarella 2020, esp. 371–80), it has been convincingly argued that script is likely to have originated from (icono)graphic motifs displayed on seals (Yule 1980, 229–30; Sbonias 1995, 74–121; Webb and Weingarten 2012, 93; Flouda 2013, 148; Ferrara 2015, 43; Civitillo 2016, 166, 169–70; Ferrara and Jasink 2017; Decorte 2018a).…”

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“…In LA this sign comes in two variants: a realistic one (apparently continuing the CH shape) and a stylised version (so much so that at times, especially in the evidence from Haghia Triada, the sign is reduced to three horizontal strokes crossing the vertical stem). Of these, only the realistic variant (duly stylised) was continued in LB (Salgarella 2019; 2020, esp. 366).…”

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“…However, this is now becoming outdated and in need of thorough revision. Discussion of some of such comparisons is given in Salgarella 2020, 332–56. A re-evaluation of Olivier and Godart 1996 with a proposed new classification of CH signs as well as ‘ornamental’ motifs is given in Jasink 2009.…”

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“…Second earliest are all documents from Phaistos (dated to MM IIB–IIIB) and Mallia (MM IIIB). On LA chronology, see Schoep 1995, 65; 2002, 17–22; Decorte 2018a, 22–4; Salgarella 2020, 42–9.…”

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“… 33 See also Salgarella 2020, esp. 288–90, 355–6, for the graphic systematisation of LB signs upon adaptation of the ‘Linear Script’ to write Greek.…”

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Imagining Cretan Scripts: The Influence of Visual Motifs on the Creation of Script-Signs in Bronze Age Crete

Salgarella

2021

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the sources and processes of sign creation in the scripts of the Bronze Age Aegean, namely Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A, in use on Crete from c. 1900–1600 bce (Middle Minoan IB/II–Middle Minoan III) and c. 1800–1450 bce (Middle Minoan IIA–Late Minoan IB) respectively. Linear B, developed out of Linear A to write Greek (c. 1450–1190 bce), will also be touched upon where relevant. By investigating contemporary iconographic production and putting forward a methodological framework for the analysis and interpretation of visual motifs, a theory will be tentatively proposed for understanding the process(es) of selection of sign shapes, their incorporation into a script as script-signs and their transmission from one script onto a graphically related one. The underlying research questions leading this enquiry are the following: how did ‘images’ find their way into script(s) to become ‘signs’ in the Aegean context? Are we able to reconstruct such a process to shed light on the origin of script-signs?

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“… 33 See also Salgarella 2020, esp. 288–90, 355–6, for the graphic systematisation of LB signs upon adaptation of the ‘Linear Script’ to write Greek.…”

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